23 Mar 08
Originally posted by Czech M8Chessmaster 10th is as cheap as 10 euro... And it has countless features, tutorials and drills. As for free software, I do not know very good but I am sure someone other will reply and help you. You can download Shredder Classic trial (it lasts 30 days but it can be overrided easily 😛)
I'm looking for anything chess related actually - chess playing engines/game databases/game analysis
www.shredderchess.com
23 Mar 08
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Originally posted by Czech M8Some that come to mind are:
I'm looking for anything chess related actually - chess playing engines/game databases/game analysis
Free chess GUIs: Arena 1.1:
http://www.playwitharena.com/
Free chess Engines: (Many to choose from! Usually UCI engines are easier to install into Arena than Winboard engines.)
http://www.superchessengine.com/
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/index.html
Also, here's a brand new free UCI engine that's very strong and reportedly has a fairly aggressive style:
http://computerchess.org.uk/Toga/TogaIIv3.1.2SE.zip
Free chess database programs:
New Scid author:
http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/
Original Scid author:
http://scid.sourceforge.net/
http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/
http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/
http://www.wmlsoftware.com/chesspad.html
Free chess games database:
http://icofy.net
23 Mar 08
Originally posted by Mad RookYou are like chess links encyclopedia 😛 And it is not the first time you post ton of good links 😛
Here's another interesting computer chess link that I'd forgotten about. It looks like this guy cherry picks the stuff he likes the best, and it looks like he keeps it up to date.
http://freechess.50webs.com/index.html
23 Mar 08
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also google "ibase". it's a huge database. and do not forget about chess tactics server, it's the ultimate free tactics study tool: chess.emrald.net
if you google good enough, you can find reinfeld's 1001 combinations book free in .pgn format, which is also supposed to be great.